Mark R. O’Masta

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mark R. O’Masta is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark R. O’Masta has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark R. O’Masta's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (9 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (9 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (8 papers). Mark R. O’Masta is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (9 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (9 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (8 papers). Mark R. O’Masta collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Mark R. O’Masta's co-authors include V.S. Deshpande, H.N.G. Wadley, H.N.G. Wadley, Kumar P. Dharmasena, Liang Dong, Angkur Jyoti Dipanka Shaikeea, Luc St-Pierre, Xiaoyu Zheng, Huachen Cui and Tobias A. Schaedler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, Acta Materialia and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Mark R. O’Masta

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The toughness of mechanical metamaterials 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The toughness of mechanical metamaterials
    2022 146 citations Angkur Jyoti Dipanka Shaikeea, Huachen Cui et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark R. O’Masta United States 15 629 483 460 285 204 23 1.1k
Lorenzo Peroni Italy 20 892 1.4× 455 0.9× 521 1.1× 277 1.0× 125 0.6× 93 1.3k
Alper Taşdemirci Türkiye 21 706 1.1× 472 1.0× 582 1.3× 302 1.1× 92 0.5× 55 1.2k
Douglas T. Queheillalt United States 14 1.2k 1.9× 321 0.7× 271 0.6× 276 1.0× 301 1.5× 21 1.3k
M. Vural United States 16 862 1.4× 385 0.8× 373 0.8× 152 0.5× 62 0.3× 35 1.1k
Xianglong Yu China 10 848 1.3× 172 0.4× 207 0.5× 225 0.8× 145 0.7× 26 1.1k
Maria Elisa Tata Italy 17 560 0.9× 235 0.5× 537 1.2× 97 0.3× 96 0.5× 90 983
Kenan Genel Türkiye 20 1.2k 1.9× 989 2.0× 722 1.6× 295 1.0× 47 0.2× 46 1.7k
A. Simone United States 8 939 1.5× 236 0.5× 347 0.8× 90 0.3× 81 0.4× 10 1.1k
Francisco Gálvez Spain 22 1.0k 1.7× 773 1.6× 951 2.1× 409 1.4× 48 0.2× 78 1.8k
A.R. Chambers United Kingdom 17 470 0.7× 435 0.9× 189 0.4× 93 0.3× 49 0.2× 44 958

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All Works

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Schaedler, Tobias A., et al.. (2025). Additive manufacturing of interposers with curved vias for microelectronics packaging. Additive manufacturing. 98. 104642–104642.
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Fong, Bryan H., John H. Martin, Mark R. O’Masta, et al.. (2024). Composition-based phase stability model for multicomponent metal alloys. AIP Advances. 14(1). 2 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2024). Reinforcement induced microcracking during the conversion of polymer-derived ceramics. Acta Materialia. 275. 120053–120053. 3 indexed citations
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Shaikeea, Angkur Jyoti Dipanka, Huachen Cui, Mark R. O’Masta, Xiaoyu Zheng, & V.S. Deshpande. (2022). The toughness of mechanical metamaterials. Nature Materials. 21(3). 297–304. 146 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2021). Island formation and the heterogeneous nucleation of aluminum. Computational Materials Science. 192. 110317–110317. 8 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2020). Additive manufacturing of polymer‐derived ceramic matrix composites. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 103(12). 6712–6723. 48 indexed citations
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Martin, John H., Justin A. Mayer, Mark R. O’Masta, et al.. (2020). Grain refinement mechanisms in additively manufactured nano-functionalized aluminum. Acta Materialia. 200. 1022–1037. 141 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., B. Russell, & William Ronan. (2018). Inter-ply angle influence on the out-of-plane compressive response of polyethylene fibre laminates. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 110. 11–20. 7 indexed citations
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Agnew, Sean R., et al.. (2017). Microstructure characterization of large TiC-Mo-Ni cermet tiles. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 68. 84–95. 10 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., B. Russell, & V.S. Deshpande. (2016). An exploration of the ballistic resistance of multilayer graphene polymer composites. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 11. 49–58. 18 indexed citations
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Pickering, E.G., Mark R. O’Masta, H.N.G. Wadley, & V.S. Deshpande. (2016). Effect of confinement on the static and dynamic indentation response of model ceramic and cermet materials. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 110. 123–137. 27 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2015). Indentation of polyethylene laminates by a flat-bottomed cylindrical punch. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 80. 138–147. 23 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2015). Mechanisms of penetration in polyethylene reinforced cross-ply laminates. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 86. 249–264. 77 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., et al.. (2015). Ballistic impact response of an UHMWPE fiber reinforced laminate encasing of an aluminum-alumina hybrid panel. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 86. 131–144. 52 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., V.S. Deshpande, & H.N.G. Wadley. (2014). Defect controlled transverse compressive strength of polyethylene fiber laminates. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 52. 130–149. 29 indexed citations
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O’Masta, Mark R., V.S. Deshpande, & H.N.G. Wadley. (2014). Mechanisms of projectile penetration in Dyneema® encapsulated aluminum structures. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 74. 16–35. 82 indexed citations
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Khaderi, S. N., K. Karthikeyan, NA Fleck, et al.. (2014). The out-of-plane compressive response of Dyneema® composites. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 70. 200–226. 69 indexed citations
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Wadley, H.N.G., et al.. (2013). Effect of core topology on projectile penetration in hybrid aluminum/alumina sandwich structures. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 62. 99–113. 48 indexed citations
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Karthikeyan, K., B. Russell, NA Fleck, et al.. (2013). The soft impact response of composite laminate beams. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 60. 24–36. 66 indexed citations
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Wadley, H.N.G., et al.. (2013). Impact response of aluminum corrugated core sandwich panels. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 62. 114–128. 91 indexed citations

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